About the Authors
- Kimberly M. Brayton
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Affiliation Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Alan T. Hirsch
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Patricia J. O′Brien
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Affiliation Hematology/Oncology Division, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States of America
- Andrea Cheville
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Affiliation Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States of America
- Pinar Karaca-Mandic
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Affiliation Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America
- Stanley G. Rockson
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* E-mail: rockson@stanford.edu
Affiliation Stanford Center for Lymphatic and Venous Disorders, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Alan T. Hirsch, MD, serves as Chief Medical Officer of Tactile Medical, a company which manufactures a product used to treat lymphedema. This relationship has been reviewed and managed by the University of Minnesota in accordance with its Conflict of Interest policies. This relationship does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD, provides health economics consulting services to Tactile Medical, a company which manufactures a product used to treat lymphedema. This relationship is reported to the University of Minnesota. This relationship does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KMB ATH PKM SGR. Performed the experiments: KMB ATH PKM SGR. Analyzed the data: KMB ATH PKM SGR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PKM. Wrote the paper: KMB ATH PJO AC PKM SGR.